Daniel Brooks

(Leader of the Conservative Party BC)

D aniel Brooks (born July 6, 1975) is a Canadian politician and small business owner in Britis British Columbia, Canada. He is the leader of the British Columbia Conservative Party. He served as leader from 2014 to February 2016, when he resigned at the party’s Annual General Meeting.He was reelected as leader of the Conservatives on September 17, 2016 at a leadership convention in Prince George.He was removed from the position on October 28, 2016, when the party’s executive board ruled that the party meeting that approved his candidacy for the leadership convention lacked quorum. Before taking up residence in northern B.C., Brooks attended the University of Alberta in Edmonton, and subsequently studied at the University of Waterloo and at the University of Northern British Columbia in Prince George to obtain the final credits towards his degree. He took courses in history and tourism management, among others, and in 2005 graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Classical Studies. In the 2013 BC provincial election, Brooks ran as the BC Conservative Party candidate in the Nechako Lakes riding, in which he received 12.6% of the vote. From September 12, 2013 to April 12, 2014, Brooks ran for the party leadership against Rick Peterson, which he won with a large majority (60%).On January 4, 2016, Dan Brooks announced he would be stepping down at the party’s Annual General Meeting on February 20, 2016 for family and financial reasons. On September 17, 2016, Brooks was re-elected as the BC Conservative Party’s leader at a leadership convention in Prince George, winning on a second ballot with 52.1% over Konrad Pimiskern. However, the result was overturned by the executive board a month later when it ruled that the meeting that approved his candidacy for the leadership convention lacked quorum.